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‘Connections’ content available focuses on the historical and cultural connections between England and the USA and created suggested visitor experiences and itineraries based on those connections. The content has appeal to and can be used for all visitors – domestic and international. And will be developed in a similar way for other nations.
These assets are free for you to download and use to plan and customize your tours.
Connections Trade Directory
A bumper sized guide to everything a tour operator needs to know about the ‘Connections’ partner destinations and suppliers. Useful directory style listings including contact details for suppliers. Travel tips and information on 13 regions of England to help you promote new destinations to your clients.
United Allies
United Allies showcases the stories, people and places in England that were pivotal to the United Kingdom’s and the United States’s special relationship during World War II. Commemorating the groundbreaking efforts of the allied forces; supported with worldwide resource including hundreds and thousands of US and Canadian servicemen.
This suggested itinerary features visitor attractions, tourist guides and content for you to build into clients tours.
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The Origins of Faith
The faith and religion themed itinerary showcases some of the most influential faces, places and stories connected to the shared histories and faith that binds us across continents and generations. Explore the path taken by the Mayflower Pilgrims before they set sail. Learn more about the Wesleys and the roots of Methodism. Visit Canterbury and the home of the Anglican Faith. Have a truly memorable moment listening to an organ recital of the Star-Spangled Banner in Gloucester Cathedral – home to John Stafford Smith the tune’s composer.
This suggested itinerary features visitor attractions, tourist guides and content for you to build into clients tours.
Old Stories of the New World
Discover the stories of the people who migrated between England and the United States of America in search of new beginnings. The attraction and experiences highlighted in the migration theme are linked to some of the most historic journeys ever undertaken, including the Mayflowers voyage of 1620 and the earlier explores who landed in Jamestown; the migration of Cornish ton miners and the ill-fated tragedy of the Titanic. The itinerary also looks ahead to the 2030 anniversary of the migration from Boston, England to the US inspired by John Cotton.
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Ancestral Services
‘Connections’ is all underpinned by ancestral connections. The popularity of ancestral tourism is ever increasing and people are seeking personal, immersive journeys of learning and life long memories.
Take a trip back in time, see the same skies, breathe the same air and watch the same seas as your intrepid forbearers. Helping your clients connect with their English ancestral roots; tracing their personnel journey’s from tin miners in Cornwall to the USAAF WWII and the GI brides to the 35m descendants of the Mayflower passengers.
The ancestral services guide features record offices, memorial sites, family history societies, specialist ancestral tour guides and visitor attractions.
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Canadian Connections
Newly developed Canadian Connections details relevant places and attractions that feature stories and places in England pivotal to the special relationship and shared history between Canada and Britain. Collaborating with 10 destinations, those highlighted share their products aligned with key themes, United Allies and the WWII, Migration and Ancestral connections.
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Bath US Connections
England’s history is writ across Bath’s streets, where Roman remains rub shoulders with beautiful 18th-century architecture, tales from the Bath Blitz and heartfelt links to the Americas. If you feel like you’re walking through scenes from your favourite movie or book when wandering the honey-hued terraces, it might be because you are! Bath has featured in hundreds of TV and film productions, from Sherlock and numerous Austen adaptations to Netflix sensation Bridgerton.
Download the US Connections Bath itinerary
Devon US Connections
The sense of history is palpable in Devon, where a patchwork of green fields, hills and moorland unfurls between the imposing seacliffs of the north and the gentle shores of the south.
In between its two coastlines, you’ll find two national parks, two cosmopolitan cities, one spectacular cathedral and hundreds of pretty villages and market towns.
